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UConn's Walker, Makurat Sweep Weekly Women's Basketball Awards

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The American Athletic Conference has announced the winners of the league’s weekly women’s basketball honors for the week ending Sunday, Feb. 23.

Player of the Week
Megan Walker * Jr. * F * UConn
Walker averaged 19.0 points per game and 8.0 rebounds per contest in a pair of conference victories against Tulane (Feb. 19) and UCF (Feb. 22) last week. The wins clinched UConn’s seventh consecutive American Athletic Conference regular-season championship. Walker scored 18 points and chipped in five rebounds and five assists against Tulane, shooting 58.3 percent from the field (8-for-12).